#499AD2#499AD2

#499AD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.115 H 241.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499AD2
RGB	rgb(73, 154, 210)
HSL	hsl(205, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(205, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 26.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.94, -7.34, -35.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.94, 36.69, 258.46°)
OKLab	oklab(65.96% -0.0546 -0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(65.96% 0.115 241.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.9317, 29.1781, 65.2256)
Luminance	0.2918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499AD2 #D28149

analogous

#49D2C6 #499AD2 #4955D2

triadic

#499AD2 #D2499A #9AD249

tetradic

#499AD2 #C649D2 #D28149 #55D249

square

#499AD2 #C649D2 #D28149 #55D249

split-complementary

#499AD2 #D24955 #D2C649

monochromatic

#205981 #2C7BB2 #499AD2 #7AB5DE #ABD0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#499AD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#499AD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499AD2

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499AD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499AD2	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819BD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E8DD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499ad2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 154, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.115 241.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b7e0',
    500: '#499ad2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499ad2;
$custom-light: #89b7e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499ad2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.526,
    "s": 60.352,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65965,
    "c": 0.115,
    "h": 241.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499AD2

secondary

#D8B69F

accent

#8544E3

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #499AD2

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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